Facsinating story of the life of the tortured artist Jackson Pollock and the woman who became his wife and kept him going. His wife was Lee Krasner an artist in her own right. Peggy Gugenheim was his original sponsor who took up his cause and got him shown using her own notoriety.
Some great pics ofhis art at this link. Jackson Pollock This will also lead you to some other great sites about his work.
Pollock literally changed the way people thought about art. And whether you consider his work art or not is really irrelevant he generated change in his one generation. Paul Jackson Pollock (January 28, 1912 – August 11, 1956)
This is the true tortured artists story and he died in a drunk driving incident true to form.
This video demonstrates Pollock at work.
I quite enjoyed this movie. Found it again on Netflix. I seem to be in a phase of watching movies about the lives or artists, musicians and writers.